Breccbairdne: Poetic Forms

Poetic Form Fridays are made to share various poetic forms. This week, we look at the breccbairdne, an Irish poetic form.

Breccbairdne Poems

The breccbairdne is an Irish quatrain form. Here are the basic guidelines:

Quatrain (or four-line stanza) form

Five syllables in the first line; six syllables in the other three lines

Each line ends with a two-syllable word

Lines two and four rhyme

All end words consonate

Quick note: Consonance is the act of repeating consonant sounds; my example below consonates middle and end sounds, but consonance could also focus on the opening consonant sounds.

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